Join bestselling author Mike Gayle as he talks about his uplifting and heartfelt new novel Hope Street.

The greatest adventure is coming back home.

Lila Metcalfe is a trainee journalist in Derby and she’s very used to being given the stories that no one else wants. So, when her editor tells her that the city’s Cossington Park development is being held up by a solitary resident on Hope Street who is refusing to leave, she knows she is going to be the one sent to find out more. And that’s how she meets Connor.

Twenty-something Connor is the sole resident of Hope Street and he is not at all what Lila is expecting. And he has a very clear reason not to move: he is waiting for his mum to come home.

‘Moving, uplifting, unforgettable. Mike always writes from the heart and creates stories we fall in love with’ Lisa Jewell

We look forward to welcoming Mike to Bridgnorth for what should be an enjoyable evening. We hope you can join us.


Mike Gayle became a full-time novelist in 1997 following the publication of his Sunday Times top ten bestseller My Legendary Girlfriend.  Since then he has written eighteen novels, including The Man I Think I Know, Half A World Away, All the Lonely People and A Song for Me and You. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages with sales of over 3 million copies.

Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of THope Street) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Hope Street).